Unreal Engine: Refining the art of storytelling.
Growing up I was a person who judged a book by its cover. I bought storybooks based on fancy illustrations and beautiful cover-arts. Quality of the content is something I grew into later. But the love and appeal of great art continues to stay with me still.
“ The graphics enrich the gameplay and the gameplay lets the graphics draw you into the game”. — Forbes,
When I first went gaga over Harry Potter as a kid, I wanted to experience the rich life of magic, dark arts, portions, magical creatures for myself. I found many games, played them too. Though only a few stay with me. Looking back- part of the reasons were factors like graphics, audio quality, story limitations. But this was several years ago.
Now in 2022, we’ve come a long way. The Animation, Visual effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) industry has witnessed unprecedented growth. Not only in users but also developers. Several amazing gaming engines like Amazon Lumberyard, CryENGINE, Unity and Unreal Engine have come up. Offering the best 3D platforms for game developers and artists.
Unreal Engine, is considered the best amongst others. Its strength is its flexibility to be customized to the point where games may be turned into truly unique experiences. This, however, necessitates the use of highly trained developers with extensive experience. Scalability, a plethora of features, extensive customization capabilities, and 2D and 3D capabilities are just among the few advantages it offers.
Quixel, which offers a large “photogrammetry” asset collection of real-world imagery that can be utilized to create animations and video games, has also been acquired by Epic Games. Quixel’s packaged tools (Bridge, Mixer) and all of Quixel’s Megascans library components will be available for free to Unreal Engine users.
Unreal Engine 5 was released in late 2021, thus 2022 will be an intriguing year. And what may we expect? Hold your breath, for there are a lot of new treats in store for you to explore: The PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nanite (an engine that imports high-detail photographic source material — leveraging Sony’s previous acquisition of Quixel are all set to change the industry.
This redefined the whole gaming experience by offering truly virtualized geometry, Dynamic Global Illumination, Beautiful bounce lighting etc. The art of storytelling will experience a brand new revival- a world were creativity meets innovation. A top-notch and improved platform for creating just the perfect video game for you.
So let’s get our consoles and tablets ready for the next best unreal experience!
